Upstate Equine Medical Center

Externship
at an equine ambulatory practice with full service medical and surgical
referral hospital. The clinic is a new, 6,000 square foot,
state-of-the-art medical and surgical hospital with 2 intensive care
stalls and 7 additional stalls. The practice is fully equipped with
digital radiology, multiple portable ultrasound units and a stationary
ultrasound, video and dynamic endoscopy, ECSWT, IRAP, PRP, BMAC, power
dentistry, in-house laboratory capabilities, and much more.

Description Experience:

The
goal of the externship program is to provide a positive learning
experience that will allow them to enhance their clinical and diagnostic
knowledge. The opportunity for hands-on experience will depend on the
clinical skills, maturity, and aptitude of the extern. The extern will
have the opportunity to work with all doctors on staff and can expect a
variety of cases. Routine appointments are seen Monday-Friday, and
emergencies are seen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Due to the heavy
breeding case load, the case load varies significantly with season.
Scheduled ambulatory calls range from 1-6 per doctor per day. Day time
ambulatory emergencies are common. Typically, 2-6 elective and 1-4
emergency surgeries are performed per week. The majority of medicine
cases are admitted as emergencies, with 0-2 cases hospitalized per week.
The majority of reproduction cases are seen in the field though during
breeding season high-risk pregnancy mares are foaled out at the clinic
and stallion collection and semen processing for shipment is performed.
Outpatient medical, surgical, and reproductive cases range from 1-4 per
week.